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Free as a Bird

The Beatles

The video created for the Beatles' "Free as a Bird" has many references to Beatle events, song, and rumors.  Here's a chronological listing of what you can find. 
The eyes of a bird
The sound of a bird's wings is heard both on this video and
on the original version of "Across the Universe."
0:00:10 
Do you see what I see?
The opening sound effects and flight effects throughout
could represent "Flying," "And Your Bird Can Sing,"
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)," "Blue Jay Way," and "Blackbird."
0:04:06 
Awe, just wee lads
"In My Life," the lads as lads. Top row, John, George and Ringo.
Bottom row Paul.
Funny that Paul is seperate from the group, could  it mean something?
0:08:27 
They're so cute!
Fly and butterfly may represent "Flying"
0:16:07 
There was an old woman, who lived in...
More of the lads as lads. Left to right, Paul, John, Ringo, & George.
There's an "Old Brown Shoe" in front of George.
0:17:14 
I don't like cats, nope, don't like em, no I don't
The cat. "I'm Only Sleeping"
0:21:08 
Bright Light, Bright Light!
"Here Comes the Sun"
0:24:01 
Or is it the Mersey River?
Liverpool's River Mersey
There are places I'll remember. "In My Life"
0:28:12 
Well....Hrmm... I guess I don't have a comment for this one, its just a building
Royal Liver Buildings (pronounced Lye-ver)
0:29:11 
Oh! and look, its Elvis
Liverpool Docks
0:32:22 
Could have been a great moment to break into Singin' in the Rain
John, Paul, George, & Ringo with the crowd in the "Rain"
0:39:04 
If you'll notice, the bouncer was more famous than the Beatles, you can see the people lining up to get to him
The Cavern Club. The bouncer has a flat top "Come Together"
0:48:13 
Look! people are groping him!
Its very hard to see the top half of the girl who's
waiting in the doorway to enter the Cavern.
This leads some to say hey, "I'm Looking Through You"
0:50:25 
How do I know this, I don't. I was told. By the Maharishi.
The Beatles perform "Some Other Guy" at the Cavern 0:54:21 
Back! back I say!
Police restrain fans from approaching the Beatles
1:02:03 
Strawberry Fields forever... I said, strawberry fields forever!
Strawberry Field, "Strawberry Fields Forever"
1:08:10 
Who's this at Strawberry Field? John? "Mother Nature's Son?"
1:10:18 
This one took me a minute, its there on the left
Silver Hammer Hardware Store, from
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer"
1:15:29 
But wait! There's more....
See how they run, "Lady Madonna"
1:20:14 
Who was the eggman?
Foreground: "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
Background: I am the eggman, "I Am the Walrus"
Above the Eggman's truck is a sign that says Ringo.
1:21:27 
Da' Boyz, Da' Boyz
Paul, Ringo & George cross the street
1:25:17 
I'll tax your feet!
Anybody got a bit of money?
Ah ah, Mister Wilson, ah ah, Mister Heath; "Taxman"
1:27:29 
Richard Starkey
Ringo
1:29:14 
Paul McCartney
Paul
1:30:20 
George Harrison
George
1:31:15 
John Lennon
John
1:32:12 
Mr. Barber
At left, a barrow in the marketplace "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
At right, the barber, "Penny Lane"
1:34:18
Awe... Look at the pretty nurse, she's so cute
A pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray, "Penny Lane"
1:36:10 
Umm... Never mind
And though she feels as if she's in a play, "Penny Lane"
1:39:21 
I hear he takes too much off the top
Every head he's had the pleasure to know. Notice photo of the Beatles in foreground of window.
"Penny Lane"
1:41:18 
I'm a little tea pot...
The Barber, "Penny Lane"
1:44:22 
Smoking Stinks... Paid for by the Non-smoking Association of America
I'll have another cigarette, "I'm So Tired"
1:44:04 
UHhhh.... Yeah.
"Help" on a sign in the window.
Mandy Rice-Davies & Christine Keeler, the ladies of the 1963 Profumo scandal in Britain.
Some have suggested that Rice-Davies, in the shiny black coat,
may be "Polythene Pam."
1:48:16 
Ohhh! That's two for Ringo.
Ringo stands in the door of the "Penny Lane" bakery
1:52:15 
Eternal question?! HA When I ask that I get slapped in the face!
John & Yoko answer the eternal question, "Why Don't We Do It In the Road?"
1:54:04 
Gentlemen
John, Paul, Ringo & George
1:56:01 
Any relation to Area 51?
The address, 51, is in the upper right. Any Ideas?
1:59:05 
The Third in a trilogy of three
On the right, the cover of Anthology 3
1:59:27 
Numero dos
In the center, Anthology 2
2:00:20 
The first of a trilogy of three
At the left, the cover of Anthology 1
2:01:17 
Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear... um... You! Happy bithday to you!
You say its your "Birthday."
The cake has two digits on it, "When I'm Sixty-Four"
2:05:14 
An apple a day keeps the doctor away!
George arrives at Apple headquarters
2:10:17 
Well, usually
Dr. Robert's office, conveniently located at 3 Saville Row
2:14:23 
Yes that's right folks! Ringo #3
Ringo has his camera
2:20:02 
What you lookin' at Willis?!
A crowd of people stood and stared, including John. "A Day In the Life"
2:24:02 
Paul is Dead.... OOOooooooOOooo!!!!
He blew his mind out in a car. "A Day In the Life."
You were in a car crash. "Don't Pass Me By"
The license plate is either YEE 7 or YFE 7.
One suggestion was that it means "Wifey 7," and refers to the seven Beatle wives.
2:27:15 
I can't think of anything witty, if you do, let me know
He likes to keep his fire engine clean.
It's a clean machine. "Penny Lane"
2:29:08 
One policeman Two policemen Three policemen Four....
Pretty policeman standing in a row, "I Am the Walrus"
2:30:20 
Manson was an idiot
I go back to the top of the slide, "Helter Skelter"
2:39:02 
Let's go fly a kite, up to the highest height, let's all go, fly a kite!
"Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite"
2:40:00 
One of my favorites
The ladder leads up to a leg disappearing where
"She Came In Through the Bathroom Window"
2:45:01 
Not LSD! Its based on a picture that Julian Lennon drew
The flowers that grow so incredibly high
"Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds"
2:48:13 
This little piggie went to market, this little piggie stayed home...
"Piggies"
also See how they run like pigs from a gun, "I Am the Walrus"
2:55:01 
I Love a parade!!
Like a Lizard on a Window Pane
"Happiness is a Warm Gun"
2:58:18 
One of the best references in the video, so subtle
"Paperback Writer" and the clock reads 10:10, which is "One After 909"
3:02:29 
This one is full of them
John, a bowl of shiny green Granny Smith apples, and the Beatles on Sullivan.
Also a newspaper headline about 4,000 holes found in Blackburn, Lancashire,
"A Day In the Life".
And a box of "Savoy Truffle."
On the floor, to the right of the truffles, is a portrait of the Queen,
"Penny Lane" & "Her Majesty"
3:09:08 
Please sir... Can I have some mao?
On the window, a picture of Chairman Mao "Revolution"
3:12:04 
Yellow Submarine
A blue meanie peeks out while the man is "Fixing a Hole"
3:14:18 
Some people say, Bull Dog! when they see this
"Hey Bulldog!" There on the left side of the picture.
3:21:12 
Remember? Not LSD
Newspaper taxis appear "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds"
3:22:26 
Another big one
She goes out "For No One, "
and carrying pictures of Chairman Mao "Revolution"
And Max, the Blue Meanie, does an encore.
Sleeps in a hole in the road, "Mean Mr. Mustard"
Does this mean that the Meanie's full name is Max Mustard?
3:24:20 
Would you care to dance?
John & Yoko waltz, from "I Me Mine" segment of Let It Be
Bus at end of street from Magical Mystery Tour
3:26:13 
That would be four Ringo scenes, I think he paid someone
Bungalow Bill, his elephant and gun, in case of accidents he always took his mom.
"The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"
Ringo is at right.
3:35:14 
Hari Krishna?
Some say he's Ravi Shankar, but he's probably not.
Lets just say he represents the influence of Indian music.
3:42:17 
For those of you who don't know, he was their manager
Brian Epstein puts on his scarf to leave,
"I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"
3:49:00 
HE ^ DIE
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
3:50:06 
As for the guy on the right? I'm clueless.
Stu Sutcliffe on the James Dean cutout,
and, I think its the Maharishi Mahash Yogi.
3:52:09 
Can't make a joke here, wouldn't be right.
Mother Mary from "Let It Be" or "Lady Madonna"
3:59:02 
This is a hair-raising reference
"Eleanor Rigby." September 12th.
The song was certified US Gold on September 12, 1966.
Another odd suggestion is an obscure song
from the Broadway musical "Hair."
4:01:14 
Some great ideas about who the Father is.
Father Mackenzie from "Eleanor Rigby"
4:02:26 
The dog... Paul's dog.... She's named Martha
"Martha My Dear" and Father Mackenzie
4:04:04 
Jumpy, jumpy, jumpy, jumpy!
"The Fool on the Hill"
"She's Leaving Home"
"The Long and Winding Road"
4:08:25 
Abbey Road album cover, is said to have Paul's death clues. If you know of them, this is a scary picture.
"Lovely Rita," filling in a ticket in her little black book.
4:15:08 
I'm not even going to get started on the rumor clues in this photo
Abbey Road
4:21:07 
The cute one
Paul in A Hard Day's Night
4:32:11 
I've been working like a dog
John & George in A Hard Day's Night
4:32:24 
Ringo #5
Ringo in A Hard Day's Night
4:33:17 
I see the light!
A man and his dog. What does it mean?
4:40:08 
Sorry, not another Paul is Dead clue
The curtain falls, "The End."
The performer plays a Banjo-Uke, and is
George Formby, a British music hall performer of the 30s & 40s.
Formby was known to say "it's turned out nice again," which is the backwards
message heard at the end of the song.
4:49:08 
Like I said before, an apple a day...
Images are ©1995 Apple Corps Limited


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